With the launch of PS 4 Pro, Sony has already shown their
cards for 2017 but there is another competitor in the market. Microsoft’s Xbox
One X is all set to be launched later this year and here we are going to see
what Microsoft has to offer.

Microsoft already begun listing the latest Xbox on their
website and it feels impossible to wait for its launch.

Previously known as Project Scorpio, a big leap towards
power as the processor is using liquid cooling which we have also seen in PC.
Microsoft has also worked on new power management system ensuring efficient
supply.

Xbox One X will run all the games previously launched for
Xbox One with improved performance and lower boot times.

Read below to know more about Xbox One X

Xbox One X Release Date and Price

Speculation begins when Microsoft announced Xbox One X to be
released on November 7 at E3. The company also said that its new console will
be affordable with just $499 in the US and £449 in
the UK. The pricing put the Microsoft in direct completion with the PS 4 Pro
which will enable people to have serious thought.

People planning to build a custom
PC should save their money and wait for benchmarks to come as it would be
amazing to see a machine this powerful at just 499 bucks

Xbox One X Specs and Performance

This time Microsoft is claiming that its new gen Xbox is the
most powerful console ever made.

The Xbox One X is powered by a eight core CPU clocked at
2.3GHz which seems to be pretty low for a PC gamer perspective but do keep in
mind about the compact space and thus reducing thermal throttling by lowering
clock speed but a major CPU bump as compared with previous Xbox which is
clocked at just 1.7GHz. It is packed with 12GB GDDR5 RAM alongside a GPU
clocked at 1172MHz with 6 teraflops graphic computing unit.

The machine now comes with 1TB of space and UHD Blu-Ray
player from previous Xbox one S.

As far as Performance goes console doesn’t have a good track
record in translating the specs on paper into the actual game play.

The Xbox and Playstation can’t be compared by just looking
at the spec sheet as they are using different sets of code and operating
systems moreover gaming performance is entirely based upon how well game is
optimized for the provided hardware.

But we can compare the GPU between the Xbox and a PC the
6TFLOPS on Xbox One X is similar to high end PC gaming card Nvidia’s GTX 1070 which
can even support games at 1440p resolution and is capable of playing VR games.
It’s fascinating as stress test which is based upon Forza Motorsport at Ultra
High resolution ran at whopping 60fps and that too by using just 70% of the
graphic memory.

And people might be worried that the new Xbox will run only
at 4K resolution but the games developed for Xbox One X can be customised for
all types of resolution, so even if you have a 1080p display you can still
downscale the 4K resolution in 1080p to get the most crisp action without
losing much quality or to get more frame per second bump up the graphics while
still keeping the resolution at 1080p.

The improved performance of Xbox One X will help in
providing buttery smooth experience for previous Xbox titles even if they are
not optimized for new hardware.

Xbox One X Games

The Xbox One X will be receiving a free patch of Forza
Motorsport 7 and Gears Of War 4 of which Microsoft gave demonstration of both
these titles and the Forza Motorsport was able to harness the true power of One
X with crisp detailing of cars that are at a distance. The story was same for
Gears Of War 4 too, with much sharper detailing.

With the launch of One X Microsoft begins to write a
different story which will not only play Xbox One games but also Xbox 360 games
which can be playable on a new hardware.

The new games developed for Xbox One X includes Halo 5,
Minecraft, Assassins Creed: Origins and Crackdown 3 and all these games will be
patched prior to the launch. There is also a list of games that will feature on
new console.

IN THE END The new Xbox
should be worth spending nearly twice the money as compared to previous model
but if you have already got an Xbox you can still fulfil the needs for a couple
of years, since you can still play the games developed for the Xbox One X but
you might get some lags and the easy solution for that is downgrading Quality
and if you have already have a 4K setup for media streaming then Xbox One X is
no brainer.

SONY XZ PREMIUM: Samsung and
LG has already launched their flagship devices for the year 2017, and Sony’s
much awaited device The XZ Premium will soon be hitting the markets and it is said to be the successor of Xperia Z5.

Sony Xperia XZ Premium

DISPLAY

Sony Xperia XZ Premium

Only six
months has passed when Sony released its flagship called the Z5 and they are
able to come up with an another device . The XZ premium would be the first
smart phone to sport a 4K display.
The Smartphone uses the same Sony BRAVIA
TV Technology and the colour on this device feels like it literally comes
to life. Sony is calling it a TRILIMINOUS
Display that can produce 138% colour
spectrum as a normal display would show.

CAMERA

We have
always seen Sony doing exception with their Camera. This time they have
surprise the MWC (Mobile World Congress) with its new Motion Eye Camera which is believed that it can shoot a slow motion
video at 960FPS. The normal Smart
phones can only go up to 240FPS.

Sony Xperia XZ Premium

Sony is also
came up with a Predictive Capture
that will start capturing images even before we hit the Shutter button allowing
us to choose from 4 different images to capture the perfect shot. This new
technology we have seen in the recent flagship Sony’s camera. The XZ premium
will sport a 19 MP Rear camera and 13MP on the front. The Front camera features
a low light sensor and a wide angle lens making selfies with more smiles and
more bright. The XZ premium uses a 5axis stabilisation so that videos don’t
feel shaky and muddy.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Sony Xperia XZ Premium

Sony XZ
Premium would be shipped bundled with Snapdragon 835 soc and 4GB of RAM and
comes with 64GB on board storage than can be expanded up to 256GB with an
external Micro SD card. The device will be running Android 7.1 (Nougat) out of
the box.

The handset
will be covered with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 on the front and back. The device
have a IP68 water resistant ratings so you can take some underwater shots too.

The device
will be powered by 3230mAh battery that seems a little bit low for a device
with a 4K screen but they have worked on some software called Smart Stamina.
The charging time will also be going less as they have employed Qualcomm Quick
Charge 3.0.

FEATURES:

Sony Xperia XZ Premium

·The
device contains a dedicated Amplifier for Hi-Resolution sound output. The DSEE
HX sound enhancement engine will make the compressed files sounding better
uplifting them closer to studio quality. They are also using LDAC which
transfer 3 times more audio data making every drop of sound mesmerising.

·The
smart phone is having two front face speakers that will allow us to hear
virtual sounds while playing games and watching movies. The S-force provides a
natural three dimensional sound field.

·As
you start using your phone, from day one it begins to learn how you use it to
give more personalised experience and the suggestion it give to use different
features making our life a little less hard on us.

With Xperia Actions the mobile phone just understand the way you use your
phone throughout the day and with that collected data it gives suggestions.

·The
XZ Premium will work with PS4 too allowing you to play seamlessly anywhere in
the house with its PS4 remote play app.

Xperia XZ Premium Release Date and
Price:

The SONY XZ premium will be in available in two colours worldwide the one is
Luminous Chrome and Deeepsea black from May 22 first in UK and then the rest of
world afterwards.

Pre-orders for the handset had already begun on Amazon.co.uk and the
orders will be shipped from the week commencing from May 22.

The price is all set to be £645 nearly $830 for the Unlocked version.

Sony is
also working on a colour named as Bronze pink which would be like Rose gold
iPhone.

ONEPLUS 5: With the present release
of Samsung galaxy S8/S8+ and the xiaomi MI 6 there has been a lot of
speculations about these two smart phones but is it right time to buy a new
one?

Well Samsung manages to catch our eyes with its
new infinity display but at the same time with a whopping $850(around 55k Indian Rupees) and the MI 6
priced comparatively low $360(25k Indian Rupees) follows the same boring design
but with a new ceramic edition priced higher. Both the smart phones lacks in
certain areas such as S8/S8+ do not sport a Dual camera setup whereas the MI6
still have a lower Resolution Display of 1080p and the sad part is that it
doesn’t even comes with a 3.5mm headphone jack.

But
as the year unfolds itself, some brands like OnePlus is going to come into the
market and let us see what they are going to offer in 2017. Last year this
brand killed many flagship devices with the launch of Oneplus 3/3T. They are
truly the best smart phones of 2016 under budget. So let us keep our hopes high
for this year too.

According
to the latest report from the Chinese Regulator the model for this year has
name A5000 similar to last year’s Oneplus 3 A3000. So this makes it clear
that they are probably calling it the Oneplus 5. Yes you heard it right,
Oneplus 4 is not going to happen as No.4 is unlucky in china as it resembles
death.

SPECIFICATIONS OF ONEPLUS 5:

The
specifications for this year’s Oneplus device is worth noticing as it is going
to comes with 8gb of RAM powered by Qualcomm latest offering snapdragon 835
under the hood built under 10nm process. This new chip is faster and much more
power efficient then qualcomm’s previous offering. There will be two storage
options with 64 and 128gb which can be expanded upto 256gb with an external SD
card. The display is going to be 2K this time with super AMOLED panel. There’s
seems to be a big bump in battery as it is going to be 4000mAh. Oneplus 5 would
be coming with Bluetooth v5.0 which is spotted on Samsung galaxy S8/S8+which
has twice range as any previous Bluetooth version and now you can connect 2
devices on Bluetooth at the same time for example playing two Bluetooth
speakers at the same time.

Bluetooth 5.0

FEATURES AND MUCH MORE:

This time Oneplus is also
working on stereo speakers same as iPhone7. We might get to see complete 3D
touch screen too. The Oneplus is even going to be Dust and Water Resistant with
an IP68 Ratings. The Oneplus 5 is going to Rock same DASH CHARGING support as
we have seen in Oneplus 3 which provides 60% charging in just 30 minutes. The charge time will be 25% faster than the current flaghip lineup. The
Display size remains the same with 5.5 ”.The wireless charging would also
making its way to Oneplus 5.

ONEPLUS 5 DESIGN AND BODY:

This
time the Oneplus has teamed with the same firm which built the ceramic Xiaomi
MI MIX. The Oneplus 5 is going to have a Dual camera setup with 23MP Rear
camera and same 16MP in front as we have seen in 3T. The speciality is that the
Dual setup will be vertically placed unlike the iPhone 7plus and this year’s LG
G6 setup placed horizontally. We might get to see a curved display this time
and very thin Bezels of around 4mm around the edges. The finger print sensor
would be going to back this time as they have planned to maximize the screen
area. The Display this time would be pressure sensitive and we would not see
any capacitive buttons on the front as they would be replaced by software keys. Oneplus should continue the use of 3.5mm
headphone jack as it’s a major deal break for some customers. But according to Weibo's post 3.5mm headphone jack will depart this time.

PRICING AND AVAILABILITY:

The
price is not decided yet but they are not going to reach sky high, the expected
price would be around $500(around 36000 Rupees).The Oneplus 5 would be Running Android 7.1.1 with Oxygen OS on top and
will be Upgraded to ANDROID O(OREO). The UI is close to stock so there is no
such problem and with Oneplus incremental updates its getting better every day.

PREVIOUS PHONES

PRICE

ONEPLUS ONE

$299

ONEPLUS 2

$350

ONEPLUS 3/3t

$399/$435

ONEPLUS 5

$500 (expected)

The
smart phone is going to launch in Q2 of 2017. The smart phone will be available
on AMAZON as always after a day of release and as Oneplus 3 was available from
mid June the latest offering might hit the stores in end of June. Thanks for
Reading hope I have provide enough light for the time being. I will kept
updating this page as we get closer to the launch date.